The Shark Announces the “India Poker Legend” Tournament – India’s Premier Poker Tournament
Following on from the success of its “India Poker Open” tournament during May 2011 (with one of the largest total prize-pools in Indian poker tournament history), The Shark is glad to announce the highly anticipated “INDIA POKER LEGEND” tournament, to be held from August 18th – 21st at Casino Royale, Goa.
The four day poker festival will have the following events:
Day 1: August 18th (Thu) – INR 5,000 (~US$ 115) No Limit Hold’em Re-buy
Day 2: August 19th (Fri) – INR 10,000 (~US$ 230) No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Day 3: August 20th (Sat) – Main Event: INR 100,000 (~US$ 2,300) No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Day 4: August 21st (Sun) – INR 12,000 (~US$275) Bounty + Re-buy
The tournament organizers are offering an early bird prize of 2 night’s complimentary accommodation at Taj Vivanta, Panaji for players paying up before August 10th for the Main Event. Additionally, offline satellites for the Main Event will be held at Casino Royale, Goa on every weekend leading up to the tourney.
The organizers see India as an emerging, but fast growing market and believe that within the next 12 months, India will become a regular stop on the Asian Poker Circuit with multiple international tourneys being held every year. The Shark team claims to be in discussions with multiple International poker brands and is making efforts to bring these brands to the Indian Poker market.
To register for the tourney or for further information on the above, please log onto www.theshark.in or by emailing [email protected] or by calling Pranav Bagai +91-9818206165, Ridhish Talwar: +91-9818206165, +91-11-46512064.
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July 29, 2011 at 12:40 amThe Shark, a pioneer in the Indian Poker industry has announced a Guaranteed Prize Pool of INR 30,00,000 for the 100k buy-in Main Event at their “India Poker Legend” tourney to be held at Casino Royale, Goa, India on 20th August 2011.
The four-day poker festival from 18th – 21st August 2011 has the following events:
– Aug 18th (Thu) – 5k Re-buy
– Aug 19th (Fri) – 10k Freeze-out
– Aug 20th (Sat) – 100k Freeze-out (Main Event)
– Aug 21st (Sun) – 12k Bounty + Re-buy
Satellites for the Main Event (100k buy-in) will be held at Casino Royale, Goa as follows:
– 8th Aug @ 8pm
– 14th Aug @ 8pm
– 17th Aug @ 8pm
– 20th Aug @ 7pm
Satellites for other events will be held on the same day before the start of the tourney:
– Aug 18th (Thu): 5K Re-buy
8:00 pm INR 500 One Hand Satellites
7:00 pm INR 500 Turbo Satellites – ONE SEAT GUARANTEED
– Aug 19th (Fri): 10K Freezeout
8:00 pm 1K One Hand Satellites
7:00 pm 1K Turbo Satellites – ONE SEAT GUARANTEED
– Aug 21st (Sun): 12K Bounty + Re-buy
8:00 pm 1.2K One Hand Satellites
7:00 pm 1.2K Turbo Satellites – ONE SEAT GUARANTEED
Players who complete their buy-in for the main event before August 10th will be offered two nights complimentary accommodation at Taj Vivanta, Panjai, Goa.
For further details and to register log onto http://www.theshark.in.
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July 20, 2011 at 3:02 amnice to see that poker is already flourishing in India…